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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1872

163 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 9

The Lambton Colliery

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 4

Among the papers received by the English mail, we notice the following report of the Scottish Australian Mining Company (limited), which was to be submitted to the half-yearly…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. Great Loss of Life

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 4

An explosion of gas took place on Monday afternoon, at the extensive colliery of Messrs. William Ackroyd, Brothers, at Morley, a small town, situated midway between Dewsbury and…

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The Coal Question in England

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 3

We give from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle the following, from which it will be seen that the scarcity of coals will lead to the development of mines that had long been…

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Daring Robbery at a Mining Claim 4. by its own Employees. Capture of the Three Robbers. an Offer of £300 to Be Let Off

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 2

A most daring robbery of amalgam from the Great Britain quartz crushing, mining, and drainage company's claim was committed on Saturday night, but, fortunately, the robbers…

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